Pekin Hardy Strauss Inc. Acquires 6,547 Shares of iShares MSCI South Korea ETF $EWY

Pekin Hardy Strauss Inc. grew its holdings in iShares MSCI South Korea ETF (NYSEARCA:EWY) by 7.8% during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 90,637 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after acquiring an additional 6,547 shares during the period. Pekin Hardy Strauss Inc.’s holdings in iShares MSCI South Korea ETF were worth $7,260,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also modified their holdings of the business. Knights of Columbus Asset Advisors LLC grew its position in shares of iShares MSCI South Korea ETF by 2.4% during the 3rd quarter. Knights of Columbus Asset Advisors LLC now owns 5,820 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $466,000 after acquiring an additional 138 shares during the period. Guidance Capital Inc. lifted its position in iShares MSCI South Korea ETF by 2.4% during the third quarter. Guidance Capital Inc. now owns 6,221 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $498,000 after purchasing an additional 146 shares in the last quarter. Creative Planning grew its holdings in iShares MSCI South Korea ETF by 3.6% during the second quarter. Creative Planning now owns 5,021 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $360,000 after purchasing an additional 176 shares during the period. Boltwood Capital Management increased its position in iShares MSCI South Korea ETF by 5.3% in the third quarter. Boltwood Capital Management now owns 4,000 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $320,000 after buying an additional 200 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Leavell Investment Management Inc. increased its position in iShares MSCI South Korea ETF by 1.9% in the third quarter. Leavell Investment Management Inc. now owns 14,736 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,180,000 after buying an additional 268 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 49.22% of the company’s stock.

iShares MSCI South Korea ETF Stock Up 1.7%

EWY stock opened at $135.21 on Friday. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $111.34 and its 200-day moving average price is $93.48. The stock has a market cap of $13.30 billion, a P/E ratio of 10.35 and a beta of 1.22. iShares MSCI South Korea ETF has a twelve month low of $48.49 and a twelve month high of $135.36.

iShares MSCI South Korea ETF Company Profile

iShares MSCI South Korea Capped ETF (the Fund) is an exchange-traded fund (ETF). The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the MSCI Korea 25/50 Index (the Index). The Index consists of stocks traded primarily on the Stock Market Division of the Korean Exchange. The Index is a free-float adjusted market capitalization weighted index with a capping methodology applied to issuer weights so that no issuer of a component exceeds 25% of the Index weight and all issuers with weight above 5% do not exceed 50% of the Index weight.